Walnut Hills High School - Remembrancer Yearbook (Cincinnati, OH)

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I ORE timid Freshmen never were enrolled at ttWalnut Hills than we, when in the fall Of nineteen-flfteen we assembled there. We soon began to study hard and strive To master subjects difhcult to us, And thought, ere long, our knowledge was suk- preme. Examinations proved to us our fault; Though disappointed, we survived their shock, And studied on until the sun of J une Beat warm upon our heads, and we all sought Escape from the cityts heat and school bths clang. 11 Vacation slipped by quickly, and we soon Were back at school once more-had started in GLASS HIETDRY To work, light-hearted, as young people should. Examinations, after Christmas, came, Nor did they frighten us so much that year, For had we not lived through them once before? Then, after weeks of patient tolerance, The message sped throughout the land, one day, That war had been declared to rid the world Of Prussiats autocratic government. A thrill went through the nation; manly hearts Awake and soon responded to the call To help their country fight and Win the war. All through the summer months, the busy hands Of women, old and young, their needles plied, Equipping men for service at the front. III When school was opened, all the girls had learned

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HE Senior Class met for organization on Thursday, January 2, in the Study Hall. Mr. Henshaw presided over the election. The officers chosen were: Forman White, president; Helen Reif, vice-president; Ruth White, secre- tary; Ruth Herancourt, treasurer, Room 1; Helen Diers, treasurer, Room 6; Howard Wig- ger, treasurer, Room 3. On Thursday, January 9, the class held its second meeting. Each oflicer gave a short address in appreciation of his election, after which a motion was made and carried that committees be appointed to develop plans for an A-B Dance and for a Senior Boat-Ride, and to consider the question of The Remembrancer. The next meeting was held J anuary 16, in the Study Hall. The president named committees on the A-B Dance, the Senior Boat-Ride, The Remembrancer, the class flower and colors, and class activities. The treasurers of the three A-grade class rooms were appointed as a com- mittee to take charge of the money paid for the Class rings and pins. On J anuary 23, Mr. Pichel, the Vice-president of the Walnut Hills High School Alumnal Asso- ciation gave the Senior Class an address on School Spirit.H He urged that the graduates of 1919 co-operate with the association. The class held its next meeting on February 20. The chairman of the committee on Class Flower and Colors submitted his report. After much discussion, the sweet-pea was chosen as the flower, and the colors purple and gold were selected. The chairman of the committee on the A-B Dance gave a report. Then the elec- tion of the staff for The Remembrancer was held. At a meeting held March 27, in Room 1, Mr. Henshaw gave the Class 2. short talk on gradua- tion regulations and restrictions. He also stated that the Boat-Ride would have to be given up. The next meeting was held on April 3. Reports were submitted to the class by the chairmen of the committees on the A-B Dance and Class Activities. Several members of The Remembrancer staff gave reports. At this meeting the motto, ttSemper Fidelis CtAlways FaithfultU, was unanimously adopted by the Class. RUTH WHITE, Secretary, Class of 719.

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T0 knit the garments for the soldier lads. Brave fathers, brothers, even classmates, went To flght against the tyrant, and to win. As February days were drawing near, A thrill of glad excitement, felt by all, Passed through the school; there would be no ttexamst, Because of an enforced holiday, Due to a shortage 1'11 the coal' supply. Enjoyment soon was lessened when we learned That all would have to take the final tests. The war activities had taken up A great part of the time of all the Class. War Savings Stamps, Thrift Stamps, and Bonds were sold; A11 calls for aid were answered with a will. The year passed quickly by, and some were glad, For Cicero, and Pilgrimts Progress too, Were growing tiresome and monotonous, Except to those enthused, enlightened ones To whom the sight of work meant happiness. IV September skys were smiling once again; Our country's flag waved gaily in the breeze Before the Schoolhouse, when we gathered there. But scarce had we begun upon our tasks, When school was forced to close its doors again. An epidemic of the Spanish HIiu Was spreading far and wide throughout the land! Five weeks passed thus, and then glad tidings came: t9! An armistice was signed, peace reigned once more! The world went mad with joy, ttfluh was forgot For exhibitions of unbounded bliss. The doors of school again were opened wide; Once more we started in to gain success; But just before Thanksgiving Day, the Win Broke out again, and we were quarantined Until the last days of the waning year. The January days were filied with work, But pleasure, too, found time to linger near. There were parades of boys returning home; Debates were held, and plays were given, too, To benefit those destitute in France; Class parties were enjoyed by everyone; The A-B Dance was given with success; And so the ball of school rolled merrily, Until examination time came 'round. And then the faces heretofore so gay, Were wrapped in gloom and saddened with despair; For we must take a test on what we knew! t'Exams were over soon, and we had passed, And then Commencement! What a time was that! The goal toward which we struggled for twelve years! Commencement night soon passed, and we were free To struggle, and to stumble as we might, Up lifets steep path, to gain or lose at will; Nor knew we then how 0ft' in after years We,d long to have those school days back again. EMMA FREERICKS, 19.